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fajrdrakoI looked at the MSN celebrity gossip page. Heh. Why do I do that? The lead article about Britney Spears said she might sue over an article that said she and her girlfriends rented porn flicks and giggled over them. Leaving me thinking: what's wrong with that? Also said they were trying to defuse gossip about the famous same-sex kiss with Madonna, but wasn't that the whole point - to get people talking? Heaven forbid a career. I wouldn't even know who she was if it weren't for the tabloid gossip.
And it says they're saying that "Cold Mountain" is being snubbed by the Oscars because it wasn't filmed in the U.S. But The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring wasn't filmed in the U.S. either and it has eleven nominations.... I may not have much respect for the Oscars, but I don't see the logic there.
Anyway, I don't see a "failure to be nominated" as "being snubbed", unless seen with a very subjective eye. It's more like "not making the grade", whether it deserved to or not.
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Date: 2004-02-09 03:48 pm (UTC)So no, I don't think it was snubbed by the Oscars.
Fingers crossed for RotK and PJ. I want to see him conquer Hollywood and then quietly walk away in his bare feet and go home to New Zealand...
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Date: 2004-02-09 07:28 pm (UTC)Despite my saying - truthfully - that I have no respect for the Oscars and therefore don't really care what wins, I will be really disappointed if Peter Jackson and ROTK don't win. In my mind they so clearly deserve to win that any other outcome just seems wrong. And since (inexplicably!) none of the ROTK actors were nominated for Best Actor (you know Viggo Mortensen would have been my choice, but I could name a half dozen other good contenders) - I can happily cheer for Johnny Depp as Best Actor. His performance was so original, so effective and so smart....